StoryCorps Tribal Libraries: Selected Stories

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StoryCorps Tribal Libraries: Selected Stories

StoryCorps Tribal Libraries is a program that has provided tribal libraries and libraries that serve Native communities with the resources and training to implement our interview methods within a framework of high-quality library programming and cultural preservation.

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The Unedited StoryCorps Interview: Phil Avillo and Susan Scherr

In this interview from the StoryCorps archives, a former Marine recently diagnosed with ALS talks with his daughter about the effects of losing a leg during the Vietnam War, and how ALS has affected his life.

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Growing Up With Harper Lee

Judy Belyeu grew up in Monroeville, Alabama, across the street from the Lee family. Although almost 17 years older, and still years away from writing her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Harper Lee (then known as Nell) was still an influential figure in Judy’s life. Judy came to StoryCorps to share her childhood memories.

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Celebrating Black History with the National Park Service

As part of our ongoing partnership with the National Park Service Midwest Region Centennial Committee, StoryCorps has been recording at important Midwest black historic sites. These interviews not only capture amazing personal stories, they also help provide an invaluable context to turning points in American history.

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Love Stories From the StoryCorps App

There is one universal theme that has been explored by app users over the past year—love. For Valentine’s Day, we want to share a few fun pieces of audio that we have recently heard from people using the app to interview loved ones about love.

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Fun Photos: A Look at What Participants Bring to the Booth

The core of the StoryCorps experience has always been the conversation. But sometimes, storytellers bring along photographs, mementos, family heirlooms, and other documents which are photographed and saved alongside the rest of the interview record.

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Valerie Jarrett and Edith Childs: “Fired up! Ready to go!”

Edith Childs, credited with originating the Obama campaign’s famous 2008 and 2012 rallying cry. She sat down for a StoryCorps interview with Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett to talk about the chant, her life, and what this president has meant to her.

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Voices from StoryCorpsU: Amanda

Hear a student in Methuen, Massachusetts, speak about her experiences struggling with social anxiety.

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Voices from StoryCorpsU: Amirah

Hear a student in Methuen, Massachusetts, speak about her choice to start wearing the hijab in high school.

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The Unedited StoryCorps Interview: Grace Lee Boggs, 1915-2015

In June 2007, just weeks before she turned 92, the civil rights icon sat with a close friend for a StoryCorps interview to discuss the importance of political activism, her life with her husband Jimmy, and what she still hoped to accomplish in her remaining years. Hear the complete interview.